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Connecticut officials hope timely, stepped-up reporting of hate crime investigations by local police to a new State Police investigative unit will help lead to the prevention and detection of such crimes before something violent happens. A new law requires all local and tribal police departments, resident state troopers and constables with law enforcement duties to notify the new Hate Crimes…

A federal corrections officer who worked at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles has agreed to plead guilty to allegations he raped a female inmate who was in an isolation cell while recovering from COVID.

Hartford Police are investigating after the report of a shooting Sunday night. Around 6:45 p.m., Hartford Police received a report of a shooting in the area of 256 Mather Street. According to officials, Hartford police found evidence of gunfire upon arrival at the scene. While officers were investigating at the scene, a man in his 30s arrived at an area…

“Very quickly after receiving the check he indicated, ‘oh, I don’t think we can do it this soon. How ‘bout the spring,’” Ed Staples of Pomfret recalled. Staples said he paid Roy more than $7,000 towards an in-ground/above-ground pool in August of 2020. Though the project never got off the ground, Staples said. Roy cashed the check and came back...

In October 2021, NBC Connecticut first introduced viewers to a few of the families claiming that Brian Roy had taken their money and not delivered on the pools they paid for. Now, we’ve learned there’s about 40 customers and vendors making similar claims against Roy’s Pools and that he’s filed for bankruptcy.

When you see emergency lights flashing, the rule of the road is to move over. Now a federal investigation is focused on why some vehicles using Automated Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) did just the opposite. One of the crashes included in the investigation happened in Connecticut. The incident on December 7, 2019, was recorded by Connecticut State Police Trooper Myles…

Citizen sleuths have devoted hundreds of hours tracking faces in the photos and videos taken during the January 6 riots and provide their findings to the FBI.

Female athletes at Trinity College organized the Trinity Women’s Athletic League and pushed for a review of the school’s Title IX compliance after what started with concerns over renovations of the bleachers for field hockey games.

Title IX, which protects against forms of sex discrimination, was established in June of 1972, almost 50 years ago. But it’s November 2021 and female athletes at Trinity College had to organize to get the same quality facilities as their male counterparts. The Trinity Field hockey team is hosting the NCAA Divison III Final Four this weekend and thanks to…

A Danielson contractor and an HVAC worker from New Haven are accused of forging paperwork to take $12,370 for heating work that was never completed.

A Danielson home contractor under investigation by the state now faces criminal charges.

It’s been almost two years since Mubarak Soulemane was killed in West Haven. His death followed a police pursuit from Norwalk after an alleged carjacking.

State regulators have been reviewing an agreement that has electric utility Eversource dropping its appeal of a $28 million fine connected to its Tropical Storm Isaias response last summer. Some of those fines were imposed in connection with an NBC Connecticut Investigates exclusive.

State regulators have been reviewing an agreement that has electric utility Eversource dropping its appeal of a $28 million fine connected to its Tropical Storm Isaias response last summer. Some of those fines were imposed in connection with an NBC Connecticut Investigates exclusive.

Our increasing familiarity with bears in Connecticut has continued to raise questions about how safe this all is, as we receive more reports of bear encounters, in more suburban, and even urban settings in our state.

Our increasing familiarity with bears in Connecticut has continued to raise questions about how safe this all is, as we receive more reports of bear encounters, in more suburban, and even urban settings in our state.

New Haven police are investigating a shooting after finding a man who crashed his car had been hit by gunfire. On Thursday, around 7:42 p.m., officers responded to the Newhall Street, Hazel Street and Ivy Street area for a Shotspotter alert and found the 25-year-old New Haven man on Dixwell Avenue. The victim was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital…

The Department of Consumer Protection is investigating more than two dozen complaints against CT Heat Pros for improper or incomplete HVAC work.

The Department of Consumer Protection is investigating more than two dozen complaints against CT Heat Pros for improper or incomplete HVAC work.

State investigators said campers were left unsupervised and medications were left unattended at Camp Shane in Kent.